C.M. Capital Advisors

Founded in 2007, C.M. Capital Advisors is a Palo Alto-based investment advisory firm managing alternative assets such as real estate, venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds, along with direct investments in public and private companies.

Paul Aiello Ph.D

CEO

Biren Bhandari

Managing Director, Private Equity and Head of VC, PE and Co-Investments

Johnson Cha

Founder and Chairman of the Board

John Couch

Vice Chairman

Keith Seibert

Managing Director, Hedge Funds and Public Markets

Diego Syrowicz

Managing Director, Hedge Funds and Public Markets

3 past transactions

Tuya

Series C in 2018
Tuya is a global developer platform specializing in artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT). It connects consumers, manufacturers, OEMs, and retail chains, providing a comprehensive solution that includes hardware access, cloud services, and app development. This ecosystem enables businesses to enhance their consumer IoT smart devices and meet increasing consumer demands. As of late 2018, Tuya had served 93,000 customers and connected over 100 million smart products globally, with a product catalog exceeding 30,000 listings across nearly 200 countries. The company operates a distributed IoT cloud platform that processes nearly 50 billion device requests daily and facilitates over 20 million voice AI interactions each day, accumulating a data volume of 15 petabytes. Tuya's offerings include platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-service options, fostering a vibrant IoT ecosystem that encourages collaboration among brands, OEMs, partners, and end users.

Guardant Health

Series E in 2017
Guardant Health is a precision oncology company specializing in blood tests and analytics. It provides liquid biopsy tests like Guardant360 for advanced cancer detection, GuardantOMNI for broader gene panels, LUNAR-1 for minimal residual disease detection, and LUNAR-2 for early cancer detection. The company also offers development services to biopharmaceutical companies.

Branch

Series C in 2017
Branch is a platform that serves as a linking and measurement partner for growth-focused teams, helping brands acquire users, retain customers, and drive conversions across digital channels. The company offers a cloud-based marketing optimization platform that supports cross-platform interactions and builds user-to-user referral programs. Its features include rewarded referrals, content sharing, deep views, download banners, and personalized onboarding, all designed to improve the customer experience and enable measurement and optimization of campaigns. Branch is trusted by brands such as Instacart, Western Union, NBCUniversal, Zocdoc and Sephora to acquire users, retain customers and drive more conversions. By linking attribution with referral-driven engagement, Branch helps brands evaluate program performance and optimize messaging and incentives to maximize conversions and lifetime value.
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